Lib Dems miss out on gaining council by-election by just 15 votes
Four council by-elections this week, all in England: two Conservative defences, one Labour defence and one Lib Dem defence.
The results? No seats changing hands with Lib Dem candidates in three of the four contests and a near-miss in gaining a seat from the Conservatives.
Conservative HOLD St Mary's, Forest Heath District Council.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
St Mary's (Forest Heath) result:
CON: 50.1% (+10.7)
LAB: 40.9% (+8.8)
GRN: 8.9% (+8.9)*UKIP: (-28.4)
Didn't stand— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Disappointing not to see a Lib Dem candidate, but the party did not contest this ward either in the four previous elections since it was created on its current boundaries.
Conservative HOLD Riverside, Aylesbury Vale District Council.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Riverside (Aylesbury Vale) result:
CON: 34.7% (+3.7)
LDEM: 32.9% (+17.4)
LAB: 24.2% (+6.5)
UKIP: 5.5% (-30.3)
GRN: 2.6% (+2.6)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
We'd probably have won it (from 4th!) if we hadn't been defending District & Town seats on same day with council control at risk in latter https://t.co/1WCwpNPTP1
— Alan Sherwell (@alansherwell) August 18, 2017
Commiserations to Jason Bingley who missed out on winning for the Lib Dems by just 15 votes. Although the Lib Dems didn’t quite gain the ward, it does show continuing recovery in the area following the gain of a county ward covering part of the area from Ukip in May.
Liberal Democrat HOLD Southcourt, Aylesbury Vale District Council.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Southcourt (Aylesbury Vale) result:
LDEM: 37.3% (+8.4)
CON: 31.5% (+9.6)
LAB: 22.1% (-0.5)
GRN: 4.7% (-0.9)
UKIP: 4.4% (-16.5)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Congratulations to Sally-Anne Jarvis and the team.
Labour HOLD Park, Peterborough City Council.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Park (Peterborough) result:
LAB: 49.6% (-0.7)
CON: 39.8% (+4.5)
UKIP: 5.1% (-2.9)
LDEM: 3.2% (+0.9)
GRN: 2.4% (-1.8)— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) August 17, 2017
Updated to remove an error about one of the Labour candidates.
These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections. See my post The danger in celebrating parish and town council wins for your own party for the reasons to avoid straying too often into covering town, parish or community council by-elections.
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